Heavy-hydrocarbon burner.



A. G. SHERMAN.

HEAVY HYDROCARBON BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 19. 1914.

Patented Aug 10, 1915.

2 SHEETSSHEET L I )nvEnTow A. G. SHERMAN.

HEAVY HYDROCARBON BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. I9. 1914.

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COLUMBIA PLANOORAPH co, WASHINGTON I Lv iv e. signer/IAN, or persons), MICHIGAN, assienonro 'rnn nnrnomg vnron a s'rovn COMPANY, OFDETROIT,"M;CHI GAN,:A'CORPORATION0F MICHIGAN HEAVY-HYDROCARBON BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A11 10, 1915.

Applicationfiled fictober 19, 1914. Serial No. 867,282;

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ALVIN GQSHERMAN, a citizen of the ilnit'ed States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, Stateo'f Michigan, have, invented a certain new and useful Improvement in .Hea'vy-Hydrocarbon Burners, and declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it pertains to, make and use the same, reference being had to the accompan ing drawings, which form a part of this specification. 6 a i p This invention relates to heavy hydrocarbon burners, that is, burners which burn kerosene. Kerosene cannot be ignited in pool form but, must be I vaporized when Fig. 2, is a cross section.

no further description.

in pool formin order to be ignited. The burner to which my invention is; applied is a burner which uses the kerosene without a "wick. it is therefore, necessary to slightly vaporizethe kerosene before it can be ignited.- For this purpose it has been customary to use gasolene. as a primer. By priming is meant the vaporizing of the kerosene by heating so that it will take fire. 7 I p Figure 1, is a plan view of the burner.

a, a are annular V-shaped troughs surmounted by a plurality of air governing rings b, Z) which form combustion chambers to which the air is admitted. This formpf burner has already been patented so it needs The outer annular trough is provided withtwo obliquely-disposed nipples which are part of the casting forming the trough. The nipple 0 receives the heavy hydrocarl'ion fluid, while the nipple (Z receives the lighter hydrocarbon fluid.

I find that it is very essential that the nipple (Z have its passage correctly posibe obliquely disposed so that the priming fluid may be discharged into the trough without the possibilityof creeping back into the nipple and through the jointof the con-,

duit 6 with the nipple, which is a slip joint. It is also desirable to have the" passage in the nipple (Z discharge in the trough above the nipple.

the bottom thereof, so that the fluid will not creep back up the passage and out of the joint and also so that the heavier hydrocarbon will not creep up the passageway and out the joint. Oil has a pronounced tendency to creep and it is essential that a guard be provided to prevent this creeping .so that the oil will not reach the exterior where it will make a bad odor and greasy spots! The main supply of hydrocarbon, that is, the heavier hydrocarbon, flows through the pipe. 7 to the nipple c. The valve 9 controls this pipe. The pipe 7 is screw threaded into The conduit 6 is attached to the funnel h.

{This funneland its conduit is of suflicient capacity 'tohold a measured quantity of gasolene that is sufficient to prime the burner. The funnel is located under the store bed 2', except as to a hood j which protrudes at the front of the bed and which is seem-able thereto by the screws 7:. The hood is provided with an opening Z in which the spout of the primer can be inserted. This hood arrangement conceals the priming funnel and also presents a neat appearance for the front of the stove. When the screws 70 are removed, the funnel may be easily taken out by merely drawing the conduit out of the nipple (Z, as only a slip joint is used.

What I claim is:

V 1. In a stove having a burner for consuming heavy hydrocarbons, the combination of stove bed, a burner trough, a fuel introduced.

2. In a stove having a burner for consuming heavy hydrocarbons, an annular burner trough in the form of a casting provided also with an integral nipple cast to project outwardly and upwardly from the bottom of the trough, the opening through the nipple discharging into the trough above the I In testimony whereofQI sign this spe'cifi: bottom; a conduit adapted to fit into the cation in the presence of twowitnesses. nipple by a slip joint, and a funnel on the '1 upper end of the conduit,the said conduit "Witnesses: V V 5' and funnel being detachably supported on STUART O; BARNES, the stove, substantially as described, MARIET A E. RUDD.

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Washington, I C. i i

- ALVIN G. SHERMAN. 

